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Filippa Lentzos

@filippalentzos.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Science & International Security at King’s College London critically analysing health security threats, biosecurity & biorisk management filippalentzos.com

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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 23h
“Anticipation is about preserving our capacity to act, rather than simply react.” A good framing from Swiss State Secretary Alexandre Fasel at #GESDASummit. Pleased to join the Engineering Life panel to discuss emerging biothreats and the governance gaps they expose. #biosecurity
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Spiez #Convergence 2026 has wrapped—cutting-edge science and sharp policy discussion on what emerging S&T means for #1972BWC and #CWC. Great to see so many brilliant women helping shape—and drive—the future of #biosecurity. Congrats Spiez Lab & team!
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
An incredibly powerful film by @beafihn.bsky.social and her team at Lex International on lethal autonomous weapons and developing an arms control framework. Pre-screened in Geneva last night. Out on TikTok in about a month.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🚨 #1972BWC delegates: join @gp-wmdctrdisinfo.bsky.social at 13:15 in Room VIII today for an introduction to the Matryoshka War report and to learn about #disinformation as a threat to the BWC.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The #1972BWC WG mtg gets underway this morning at the Palais des Nations @ungeneva.bsky.social -- for the first time in the Assembly Hall! Follow along here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v...
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Many thanks to #1972BWC WG Chair, Amb Meyer 🇧🇷 and ISU for hosting an online exchange with civil society ahead of next week’s Working Group negotiations in Geneva.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A fantastic @sipri.org Summer School this week on WMD #NonProliferation in an era of #TechConvergence. Timely discussions, excellent participants, and a real pleasure to be part of it. And so nice to cool down a little in the North ;-)
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Had a chance to visit the European Centre for Disease Control and its beautifully designed Emergency Control Room in Stockholm this morning. Thanks for having me, @ecdc.europa.eu!
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Bags packed, panel notes ready and posters printed. #GHS2026 here I come!
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Always giving to engage with the next generation, this time on the joint @ethz.ch & Spiez Lab 3-day course ‘Preventing military misuse of life sciences: Roles and responsibilities of scientists’. #biosecurity #BWC1972
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A great couple of days with colleagues at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo last week. Hugely excited to show off our current mapping of Norway's #biosecurity landscape at the Global Health Security conference June 9-12 in Kuala Lumpur.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
At the UNODA & GCSP workshop on #1972BWC violation assistance today, I argued the policy focus must be on building, connecting and rehearsing the capacities that make meaningful assistance possible BEFORE a #bioweapons incident occurs
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Bioweapons are not a relic of the Cold War. The risks are real, they are growing, and too few people are paying attention. I joined Beatrice Fihn on #SummitTalks to talk about why the #1972BWC is under pressure. Worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEPW...
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This was a ‘proudly GMO’ event, exhibiting fun, cutting-edge #biotech from plantable pencils and buffet biosamplers to GM meals and GM probiotics to prevent hangovers.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Thoroughly enjoyed @drewendy.bsky.social’s ‘parade of awesomeness’ at the inaugural Bio Leadership Summit this week at Stanford’s @hooverinstitution.bsky.social
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
An added bonus: engaging with the smart and vibrant next gen Middlebury and CNS community.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
My central point: AI does not magically turn pathogens into weapons. The bigger challenge is a world in which biology is increasingly digital, data-rich and entangled with surveillance, targeting and more selective forms of disruption.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Grateful for the opportunity to join CNS conference on #AI and nuclear + biological weapons risks, alongside over 100 experts from AI labs, US national labs, industry, govt and universities. Important discussions at a critical time. tinyurl.com/3y9a85c5
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Some of the inspiring @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social students taking my Science, Weapons & Arms Control class over the last 10 wks. Good luck for your exciting, next steps—I know you’ll all go on to do great things!
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Congratulations to the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) team for convening top US biosecurity minds these past couple of days at Livermore Lab. An absolute privilege to be included. cgsr.llnl.gov/workshops
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
An indulgent couple of days at Milan’s university and surrounding coffee shops discussing health sovereignty and securitisation
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Always rewarding to link up with @dgisselsson.bsky.social and Swedish colleagues—this time to talk #biosecurity #GreyZone and #BiotechPowerStruggles
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
#BestTeam
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Learning about Inuit heritage, contemporary culture, and colonial legacies in Canada, as an important aspect of pan-Arctic health security
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
An extraordinary week of fieldwork in the Canadian High North as part of our NORTHERN SHIELD project on global health security in the Arctic—with Gemma Bowsher and Fawzia Fall
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Good morning from Yukon 🇨🇦
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A privilege to be working with the European Union and @gpwmd.bsky.social @gp-wmdctrdisinfo.bsky.social to bring a training session on #InformationIntegrity and #FIMI to new #1972BWC National Contact Points
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Good to engage with #1972BWC national contact points in Geneva today. Thanks to BWC ISU for hosting and the European Union for funding 🇪🇺🇺🇳
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New publication🚨Need a big-picture intro to how current trends in the life sciences are challenging traditional #biosafety and #biosecurity governance? Gemma Bowsher and I have got you covered: perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org/content/earl...
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Good to engage with @GPWMDofficial partners and @GPctrDisinfo steering group members to strategise on countering #CBRN #disinformation.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Speaking on global trends in biology and what they mean for our security at the G7 @gpwmd.bsky.social meeting in Paris this week
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The one-week #1972BWC working group meeting has just gotten underway this morning. Watch it live here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Lovely to host a commemorative seminar for pioneering activist scientist against chemical and #biologicalweapons, Prof Steven Rose, yesterday. Warm thanks to everyone who came for their inspiring tributes and thoughtful reflections.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The @thebulletin.org Doomsday Clock this week said #MirrorLife studies, #AI-enabled pathogen design, #bioweapon risks and fragile health systems raise global #biosecurity concern. Read in full here: thebulletin.org/wp-content/u...
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Come ski with me, said @beafihn.bsky.social, and we can talk #Bioweapons and #ArmsControl for the new #SUMMITtalks podcast series. Excited to share our episode with you when it launches this spring.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
US Under Secretary DiNanno opened a timely discussion today at @ungeneva.bsky.social on #AI applications for #1972BWC. The panel outlined ways AI could support #verification and implementation across the treaty’s Articles. Key question for me: how should these applications be prioritised? 1/3
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The final report of the 2-year joint @vertic.bsky.social--King's @warstudieskcl.bsky.social project on observable signs of #bioweapons development is out today #1972BWC #verification #VEREX #transparency #CBMs #EmergingTech tinyurl.com/bdzerbz6
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Discussed how #AI #DLT #Robotics #DataAnalytics provide opportunities for stronger implementation and #verification of the #1972BWC at @sipri.org side event today @ungeneva.bsky.social
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
So pleased to support RSIS_NTU and Asia_CHS colleagues with the launch of two #biosecurity #1972BWC #CBM reports @ungeneva.bsky.social today.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
At the launch of the GlobalSynthesisMap.bio platform this morning—enabling you to see where #DNA is synthesized and gets distributed. Bravo @ibbis-bio.bsky.social!
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The #1972BWC meeting gets underway this morning, focused on agreeing language of the Working Group final report. You can follow live here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p...
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Have you got expertise in technology (AI, hypersonic weapons, space-based systems, quantum tech) and its role in war and conflict? Come work with us! kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131845-...
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Loved these past two days discussing #UNSGM BW investigations in non-permissive environments. Exceptional group, stunning location (Vienna). Huge thanks @stimsoncenter.bsky.social for convening!
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
At @unidir.org #ID25, #neurotechnologies were generally framed as an #AI problem. It is also a #CBW problem. Check out the new book by Dando & Crowley: Preventing Weaponisation of CNS-Acting Chemicals. Pleased to have contributed the foreword.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Mind-blowing (and frightening!) presentation this morning from @medialab.bsky.social’s Dr Natalia Kosmyna on the state of the art in Brain-Computer Interfaces, at @unidir.org’s Innovations Dialogue on #Neurotechnologies and their implications for peace and security #ID25
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The #1972BWC WG meeting is three weeks away. If you're new to biological #disarmament or just want a quick brush up, check out the SIPRI Yearbook--just out in hardcopy.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Feeling energized and inspired after the company of so many incredible women at the @eunpdc.bsky.social conference, including my wonderful #YWNGI mentee, Mila.
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
At the eleventh hour on this eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns fell silent in 1918. I visited NATO today, a powerful place to reflect on the service and sacrifice of all those who lost their lives during war. #ForYourTomorrowWeGaveOurToday
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
It’s a wrap! The #1972BWC resolution was adopted by consensus in #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee this past week. Now all eyes on the BWC Working Group and the draft report being discussed in 8-12 December in Geneva. tinyurl.com/uc5wkmc3
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Filippa Lentzos @filippalentzos.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The advisory group on #ResponsibleScience and #DualUseResearch met at @who.int HQ in Geneva this week--look out for forthcoming reports on #AI-Biotech Convergence and Responsible Publishing, and Q&As on #MirrorBiology, research with pandemic risks, and military #biodefence research.
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